Lady Terminator
1989 ‘Pembalasan ratu pantai selatan’ Directed by H. Tjut Djalil
Synopsis
She Mates... Then She Terminates
The spirit of an ancient evil queen posesses the body of a young anthropological student, who then goes on a murderous rampage.
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I saw the face of God.
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What, but,
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Action on top of action on top of batshit action on top of really bizarre line-readings on top of one of the sexiest screen villains of all time on top of more insane action.
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Brilliant fun Indonesian Terminator rip off.
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Fuckin' A
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If you see one TERMINATOR ripoff in your lifetime, make it H. Tjut Djalil's LADY TERMINATOR, a violent confection from Indonesia that rarely has a minute that doesn't feel full of crazy juice. The plot is this -- the spirit of a legendary "Queen of the South Sea" possesses the body of a young anthropologist (Barbara Anne Constable) and sends her on a TERMINATOR-style rampage, heading after the descendant of a man who betrayed her a century ago.
And LADY TERMINATOR goes all out lifting TERMINATOR motifs -- from the police station shootout, to Arnold's leather jacket, to the villain who, dammit, just won't die! It even rips off the "Come with me if you want to live" line! And it does so hilariously, with atrociously bad dubbed dialogue and amazingly ridiculous violence. It may not have an original bone in its body, but you won't be bored for a minute.
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In the states you almost never hear about foreign remakes of American films. Fuss is always raised when some sophisticated foreign language darling is bastardized by the Hollywood machine, proving once again the dearth of creativity in Tinseltown, but I'm here to say it goes both ways people. As proof I submit exhibit "A": Lady Terminator.
As the title implies, this Indonesian flick is a fairly faithful remake of James Cameron's Terminator, the big difference being an absence of a time traveling robot. In Arnie's place is a foxy brunette anthropologist possessed by the spirit of the South Sea Queen who, a hundred years prior, would lure men to her lair and then kill them with her ravenous vagina snake…
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What, but,
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I saw the face of God.
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I really wanted to love this movie but it wasn't quite as insanely entertaining as I was expecting. It does have quite a lot of joyful silliness in it, but I was wanting more of the off the wall experimentation of films like Queen of Black Magic. I do love the guys hitting on the Lady Terminator on the beach though, classy dudes for sure.
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Brilliant fun Indonesian Terminator rip off.
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Campy cult bad rip off made somewhat complex in terms of national identity through use of Indonesian lore.
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Fuckin' A
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I've always had a lot of fun with this film, but watching it with a crowd at an informal screening really allows this bizarre Terminator rip off to shine.
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Action on top of action on top of batshit action on top of really bizarre line-readings on top of one of the sexiest screen villains of all time on top of more insane action.